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What a difference a few months make! Jamie Dimon the CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase now not only regrets calling bitcoin a fraud, but now believes in the technology behind it and has endorsed blockchain technology for its wealth of potential. “The blockchain is real,” Dimon tells Fox Business news.

JP Morgan has some fairly “bullish” words for their Asset Managers about Blockchain technology on the jpmorgan.com website where there is now a report entitled “Unlocking Economic Advantage with Blockchain: A guide for asset managers”.

In the report JP Morgan stresses for managers “on the sidelines” to get off the bench and get into the game!

JP Morgans Chase also lists the various benefits of blockchain in an info graphic:

JP Morgan spells out some of the benefits of blockchain

It is of interest to see the shift from JP Morgan Chase:
Starting with (1) “Bitcoin is a fraud” (2) In their annual report to shareholders, which said “cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are potential competition” (3) JP Morgan backs Circle, which is now buying the crypto currency exchange Poloniex to finally (4) Their recent Blockchain technology guide for their asset managers.

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